Montague and Sherman constructed a commercial block, located at this site in Caro, in 1869.

Montague continued in various business interests for the next 20 years, and even planned to construct an opera house adjacent to the hotel.

The Caro Board of Commerce, realizing the need for a hotel in town, began planning to construct a replacement structure almost immediately.

By late December they were reviewing plans from Saginaw architects Cowles & Mutscheller, and by March 1924 had gathered funds to build the hotel.

[2] The Hotel Montague is a 3+1⁄2-story L-shaped brick and cut fieldstone building sited on a corner lot.

The main facade is Classical Revival in form, and includes a pedimented, double-deck, brick-pier portico at the join of the legs of the L. Concrete stairs at both ends of the portico provide access to the main entrance.